Talking doll



. March 29,1927.

l 1,522,441v O. A. GARLAND TALKING DOLL Filed Aug. 27, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheetz 0.,/7. garland o n 1 f Patented Mar. 29,- 1927.

UlsurEDI STATES OSCARAVGARLAND, O 'F HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

TALKING non..

"Application led August 27 1925. Serial No. 52,866.

This invention relates to what are known as talking dolls, tl1at is, dolls and puppet-v like toys having means therein whereby the toy 1 may be caused to utter certain words lor 5 phrases.

l One of the objects of the invention is to providea toy of this character preferably in the form of a doll having therein a phonographic diaphragm, and button operated means whereby ashort record may be brought into engagement with the diaphragm and caused to move with relation to the stylus thereof to thereby cause the utterance of a certain word .or sound.

A further Objectis to provide a doll witha plurality of records and a plurality of corresponding buttons so arranged that any one of these buttons when pressed will cause the corresponding record to move across and in 2 contact with the stylus of the diaphragm and cause the utterance of the corresponding sentence or sound.

A still further object .is to provide a mechanism of this character embodying a diaphragm having astylus and a longitudinally elongated record formed with a V- shaped grooveand mounted upon anarm, and means whereby as the corresponding button ispressed the arm is caused to oscillate, carrying the record into engagement and traversing it with relation to the stylus, means being provided whereby upon a release ofsaidbutton the arm will reverse its movement and come to its initial position, the stylus being caused to lift prior to the return of the arm so that no sound will be produced.

Other objects will appear in the the following description. F 40 y invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the. phonographic talklng apparatus showing the doll in dotted lines;

course of of the mechanism shown in Figure 1 but illustrating only one record carrier;

F igure-J 3 is a fragmentary perspective. view of one of .the-records and its holder;

yl `igure 4 i's a sectional view from frontv to rear of the lower portion of the mechanism; Figure 5 is alike view to Figure 4 but showing the parts in` the`position before a record is moved across the stylus.` Referring to Figure 1, wherein is shown a device embodying one of my word or sound Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view producing mechanisms, 10 designates the. I

rim o f a diaphragm 11 and this diaphragm carrym a stylus 12. Thisring 10 is supported y two or more springs 13 extendin radially from the ring 10 and. support within thedoll or other object in any suitable manner so that `the springs act to lift the diaphragm and yieldingly resist its downward movement. The ring 10 is form.- ed with a downwardly extending, U-shaped yolie Mlhaviyng a cross bar 15 atits lower en Mounted adjacent to the cross bar 15 is a.

lshaft 16 upon which is loosely mounted a bell crank lever 17, this bell crank lever being formed with an outwardly projecting,

resilient `arm 18 having the form of `a leaf spring, for instance. which will bear` upon the cross bar 15. The opposite armof the bell crank lever 17 extends upwardlyand is connected to a push rod 19 having a button f 20 at its extremity. Aspring 21 acts to pull the upper arm ofthe bell crank lever 17 outward and thus project the button 20. The arm 1S also carries upon it alaterally projecting pin 17 Loosely mounted upon the shaft' 16 for movement independent of the bell crank lever 17 ,is a record carrying arm. 22 which at its upper end carries the longitudinally extended, relatively narrow and somewhat curved record 23. This record has a phonographic groove 24 formed in its upper face,`

the bottom of this groove being'formed" with a Hill and Dalef phon'ogra-phic record groove. The arm 22 extends down below the shaft 16, as at 25, and is there connected toa flexible element 26 which 'may be a ilexible wire which extends beneath a pulley 27 mounted upon an arm 28, in turn attached to the shaft 16 but held with the shaft against rotative Iriovement and in a depending position, and from this pulley the exible element 26 passes to the cross bar 15 to which it is attached.

The operation of this device so far as described s'as followszlUpon an inward pressure exerted upon the button 20, the `bell crank lever 17 will be shifted so as to cause the resilient arm. 18 to move the yoke 14 with the diaphragm ring Y10 downwardly.

This will move downward until the springs inward ofthebutton 20 will cause no furstylus 12 and thus to vibrate the diaphragm'l 11 and thus cause the utterance of the vsound which the doll is supposed to make. v' Upon,y

a release of the button 20, the spring 21 will` act to retract-the upwardly projecting arm l of the bell crank lever andthe diaphragm and stylus then rise from the record 23 sufiiciently to clear the record before the slack is taken up on the flexible wire 26. The record 23 and the lever 22 are the last to return to their original position. This is secured byv the pull of the springs 13 .which lift upward pulls the arm' 22 back tolits initial position.

While I have heretofore referred and described asingle record and record operatingmeans, I provide also a plurality of records all operating' in conjunction with a. single diaphragm and stvlu's and each having an operating means as, for instance, a'buttony wherebyr any one of these records may. be shifted as desired into enga gement with the stylus of thefdiaphragm. Thus I have illustrated for this purpose a plural-itv of shafts 16 arranged each at right angles to a radial plane drawn through the center of the diaphragm and throughv the stylus'. and I mount upon each one of these shafts the operating mechanism heretoforedescribed. There are thus a plurality of records 23 and a plural itv of buttons 20 and, of course. a vplurality of flexible connections 26 extending to the cross bar of the yoke 14. -With this construction. it is obvious that when anv one of the buttons 20 is pressed. a corresponding record will be actuated. records will de'- signed to utter various phrases such asma ma. papa. babv etc.

Preferably the phonographic `record will be made of the fibrous kmateijialfrorriy whichf ordinarir disk phouofrraphic Trecprds are made and preferablv the record itself will be detachable from the arm 22 and held in place hv ordinary screwsmr set screws.. The

'push buttons v.20 are located preferablv at which I believe to beparticularly effective for the purpose intended. I do not wish to be limited to this as it is obvious that the the invention as defined claims.

`Iclaimz 1. In a tov. a phonographic diaphragm having a' stylus. a phonographic record,

in the appended' manually operable means for lshifting the stylus.

phonographic record-into contact with and across said stylus to thereby affect the diaphragm, means acting to retract the record to its initial position, and means causing the diaphragm to lift prior to the vreturn ofthe record.

2.- Ina toy, a phonograpliic daphragiii .to an initial position to -one side of said stylus, and manually' operable means for depressing the diaphragm and shifting the ,-phonographic record across the stylus and on the yoke and the flexiblecord 26v then .a yieldable member` resting upon the cross bar, manually operable means for shifting said yielding member to depress the cross -bar against the action of said springs, a

record supporting arm mounted for pivotal movem nt to carry the record into contact with th stylus and across the stylus, means connected to the yoke whereby as the yoke rises'to retract said arm, and means oonnected to the yoke-operating means to shift the arm inwardly into engagement with the 5. A figure toy having therein a diaphragmand a mounting therefor, resilient means urging the diaphragm and mounting upwardly, a yoke carried by the diaphragm mounting and depending therefrom 'and having across bar. a bell crank lever mounted .at-rightangles to the cross bar and having a resilient arm yieldingly engaging on to of the cross bar, a push button connec f to the other arm of the bell crank lever, the last named arm of the bell crank lever having a laterally projecting finger, a phonographicrecord, an arm supporting the same and ,pivotally mounted upon the same axis 6. In a figure toy. .a diaphragm having al stvlus. an elongated member 'having va V- shaped phonographic track, manually operas thebell crank lever and extending beyond construction might be changed Ain various Oways without departing from the spirit of able means for shifting the phonographic track into Contact and across the stylus to thereby affect the diaphragm, and means for retreating the record to its initial position without affecting the diaphragm.

7. In a figure toy, a single diaphragm. a mounting therefor, a stylus on the diaphragm, a plurality of phonosrraphic records movable in planes rad'al to the stylus, separate manually-operable means for selectively 1l shifting said records into contact and across the stylus to thereby affect the stylus,v and means for returning the phonographic records to their original position without affecting the diaphragm,

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature. l

OSCAR A. (irAR-LAND,` 

